The Winter Session, 2007 of Parliament (12th Session of Fourteenth Lok Sabha and the 212th Session of the Rajya Sabha) is scheduled to commence on Thursday, the 15th of November, 2007 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session will conclude on Friday, the 7th of December, 2007. The Session will provide a total of 17 sittings spread over a period of 23 days.
2. The Session will mainly be devoted to essential Government legislative and other business, including financial business relating to Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2007-08 in respect of Railway and General Budgets.
3. To finalise the Government Business for Winter Session, 2007 of Parliament, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs took a meeting with Secretaries/Senior Officers of various Ministries/Departments on 13.11.2007. The following 36 items were identified for the Winter Session, 2007:-
A- BILLS FOR INTRODUCTION
1. The Indian Council of World Affairs (Amendment) Bill, 2007
2. The NEPA Limited (Disinvestment of Ownership) Bill, 2007
3. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2007 (To replace an Ordinance)
4. The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2007
5. The National Highways Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2007
6. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2007
7. The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2007 (To replace an Ordinance)
8. The Rehabilitation and Settlement Bill, 2007
9. The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007
10. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2007
11. The Authority for Advanced Rulings on Central Taxes (Amendment) Bill, 2007
12. The Central Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2007
13. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2007
14. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Second Amendment Bill, 2007
B-BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION AND PASSING
1. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Bill, 1994
2. The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2007
3. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2005
4. The Payment and Settlement Systems Bill, 2006
5. The Tyre Corporation of India Ltd. (Disinvestment of Ownership) Bill, 2007
6. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2007
7. The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, 2005
8. The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2005
9. The National Jute Board Bill, 2006
10. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2007
11. The Sashastra Seema Bal Bill, 2006
12. The Armed Forces Tribunal Bill, 2005
13. The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Bill, 2007
14. The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill, 2004
15. The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005
16. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007
C-BILLS FOR WITHDRAWAL
1. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2003
D- FINANCIAL ITEMS
1. Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2007-08 and related Appropriation Bill
2. Discussion and Voting on Demands for Excess Grants (General) for 2005-2006 and related Appropriation Bill
3. Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2007-08 and related Appropriation Bill
E- NON-LEGISLATIVE ITEMS
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